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By: Victoria Cochrane

For some, a trip to China would be a once in a lifetime opportunity. To get the most out of your time in China, with the chance to immerse yourself in the culture and history of one of the most ancient civilisations on earth, it’s vital to know exactly what to see and do while you’re there.

China is a vast Empire, stretching all the way from the southeast tip of Russia, to the northern tip of India. With so much to see and do across 29 provinces, it can help to have a clear idea of the country’s top attractions and which are well worth a look near to where you are.

One of China’s most iconic national sites is the vast Great Wall of China, which covers over 4,000 miles and stretches east to west from Shanaiguan to Lop Nur, along the northern mountains of Beijing. You can walk stretches of the wall or merely marvel at its structural ingenuity and the thousands of years of culture and history imbedded in each rock. Organised tours commonly take tourists to the Badaling Section of the wall, close to Beijing, but you could also strike out alone and visit the Juangjun Pass, Baimaguan Pass or the Juyongguan Pass.

Many of China’s most popular tourist attractions are those with particular historic, cultural or religious significance and none more so than the 71m Leshan Giant Buddha, carved from the red cliffs of Leshan, in the Sichuan province. A UNESCO World Heritage site, the Giant Buddha dates from the 9th century Tang Dynasty and is truly a site to behold.
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Accessories for Coin Collection

By: Matthew Enright

When collecting coins, one thing to consider is how to arrange and take care of the coins. Coins that are collected may be antique, ancient, or limited editions coins. These coins come from many countries and are usually high in value. A collector must know how to keep and take care of them so that they will retain the same appearance and value.

One way to take care of coins is to purchase s selection of coin accessories. Not only are coin accessories used to make a coin collection presentable and organized; but the primary purpose of coin accessories is to take care and preserve the coins.

When buying coin accessories it is important to choose those accessories that will best satisfy the needs of the collector. Some factors that may be considered are durability, price and usefulness.
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Ultimate Drawing Tool

By: Gareth Pritchard

The art of drawing even in today’s highly advanced technological world is still being practiced using primitive tools that have basically never moved on very far from the original design, another perfect example is the wheel. Ok so wheels made better, faster, bigger, smaller, stronger, lighter but they are still basically wheels.

In ancient Rome the Romans used a tool called a stylus which was a long thin strip of led that when used to scratch on papyruses, a predecessor for modern paper it left a faint grey line so was used for writing and perhaps drawing as a primitive form of pencil. This was approximately 753 BC and was over 2000 years ago nearer 3000 yet writing and drawing tools just like the wheel have not moved on very far from that basic design.

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